News and case law

7 November, 2017

Government rejects call to abolish seven waiting days at start of universal credit claims

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7 November, 2017

Foodbank referrals increase by 30 per cent in full service universal credit areas

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7 November, 2017

Tribunal should consider whether to review a decision before considering permission to appeal / tribunal should exercise discretion before taking into account issue not raised by appeal

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6 November, 2017

Lone parents will be £2,380 a year worse off due to cuts in universal credit compared to what it first promised, says CPAG

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6 November, 2017

Approach to take when assessing whether a person is 'ordinarily resident' in the UK for the purposes of a joint tax credit claim

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6 November, 2017

Heating or cable laying work around asbestos lagging does not fall within Prescribed Disease D8A (primary carcinoma of the lung)

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3 November, 2017

Changes to the Funeral Expenses Payments Scheme to be introduced from next year

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3 November, 2017

Regulation B13 of housing benefit regulations discriminatory in applying deduction for room used intermittently by person under adult placement scheme

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3 November, 2017

Circumstances that may require a tribunal to seek evidence relating to a previous DLA claim when determining a PIP appeal / DLA and PIP document retention policies

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2 November, 2017

Approximately 400,000 more children will be in poverty as a result of benefit changes by 2021/2022

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2 November, 2017

DWP updates PIP assessment guide to reflect case law relating to ability to carry out an activity safely

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2 November, 2017

One in five DLA claimants refused PIP after reassessment by Independent Assessment Services

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2 November, 2017

Evidence is mounting that universal credit is not working for single parents, says Gingerbread

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2 November, 2017

Government announces launch of first Courts & Tribunals Service Centres

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Government rejects call to abolish seven waiting days at start of universal credit claims

Foodbank referrals increase by 30 per cent in full service universal credit areas

Government responds to Lords Select Committee report on Financial Exclusion

One in twenty mothers are made redundant during pregnancy, maternity leave or on return to work

Tribunal should consider whether to review a decision before considering permission to appeal / tribunal should exercise discretion before taking into account issue not raised by appeal

Lone parents will be £2,380 a year worse off due to cuts in universal credit compared to what it first promised, says CPAG

Approach to take when assessing whether a person is 'ordinarily resident' in the UK for the purposes of a joint tax credit claim

Living Wage Foundation announces increases in the UK Living Wage

Heating or cable laying work around asbestos lagging does not fall within Prescribed Disease D8A (primary carcinoma of the lung)

Changes to the Funeral Expenses Payments Scheme to be introduced from next year

Regulation B13 of housing benefit regulations discriminatory in applying deduction for room used intermittently by person under adult placement scheme

Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2017

Circumstances that may require a tribunal to seek evidence relating to a previous DLA claim when determining a PIP appeal / DLA and PIP document retention policies

Abolition of class 2 national insurance contributions delayed until 2019

Approximately 400,000 more children will be in poverty as a result of benefit changes by 2021/2022

DWP updates PIP assessment guide to reflect case law relating to ability to carry out an activity safely

One in five DLA claimants refused PIP after reassessment by Independent Assessment Services

Evidence is mounting that universal credit is not working for single parents, says Gingerbread

Government announces launch of first Courts & Tribunals Service Centres